diff --git a/frontend/src/commons/utils.ts b/frontend/src/commons/utils.ts
index 072df5429d216c2ca100b088e09e6bef9656b951..0513e6adf4c7597180f3939b30e93566d5d777f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/commons/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/commons/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+import { RWAccess } from "../models/bucket";
+
 export const getHumanSize = (size: number) => {
   if (size < 1000) return `${size} B`;
   if (size < 1000000) return `${(size / 1000).toFixed(1)} kB`;
   if (size < 1000000000) return `${(size / 1000000).toFixed(1)} MB`;
   if (size < 1000000000000) return `${(size / 1000000000).toFixed(1)} GB`;
 }
+
+export const parseReadWriteAccess = (rwAccess: RWAccess) => {
+  return rwAccess.read && rwAccess.write ? "R/W" :
+    rwAccess.read ? "R" : rwAccess.write ? "R" : "Unknown";
+}
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